Popular American comedian and TV host, Ellen DeGeneres shared her excitement at meeting the rare mountain gorillas with her fans on Twitter, having vacationed in Rwanda with her partner Portia de Rossi.

DeGeneres who said ‘spending time with the gorillas changed my life’ had earlier met Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame to discuss the establishment of a gorilla research centre, dubbed The Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund.

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